Bunkie Blackburn

James Ronald "Bunkie" Blackburn (April 22, 1936 – February 28, 2006) was a NASCAR racecar driver.

Blackburn's father owned and operated the Fayetteville, North Carolina racetrack.

In 1967, he was part of a three driver crew that set a world speed record of 174 mph in a Smokey Yunick Z-28 Camaro at the Bonneville Salt Flats in a USAC/FIA event.

He took Johnson's car to the lead with 5 laps to go after Fireball Roberts ran out of gas.

However, Blackburn also ran out of gas on the final lap to hand the victory to David Pearson.